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1914 
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Arrowhead Book 



Sefting forth in picture ana story some 


of the 


charm ana beauty of Arrowhead — 


-the 


comforts of the Hotel mountain 


scenes, sports ana the health- 




giving properties of the 




wonderful Hot Springs 





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THE 

ARROWHEAD HOT SPRINGS 

COMPANY 

Arrowhead Hot Springs. Cal. 




Arrowncad Hot Springs 

■' health and re*t mart m tht world. 7V M -7 Gorf- 

, eontaining propertiu miraculously healing ma Us, that human flesh 

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MAY -5 1914 




The Arrowhead 



BLAZED on a smooth-cut wrinkle of one of the peaks of the Sierra Madre Mountains, is the 
huge mysterious Arrowhead, pointing to the healing springs, as distinct in outline as any that ever 
tipped an Indian arrow. Travelers on any of the three great transcontinental railroads leading 
into Southern California can see it thirty miles away, as their train sweeps through the gate-way in the 
mountains from the desert to the green valley of the land of golden afternoon. 

More and more these travelers are coming to ascrihe to this 

^-j^ arrowhead something of the mystic meaning it had for the Indians 

W that roamed these bald mountains and fertile valleys no one knows 

£ * C&*\ r how long hefore the padres came to conquer and convert them, and 

J. AWL ^ ' atcr f° r tnc handful of Mormon pioneers who trekked from Salt 

^*™" Lake City nearly a thousand miles to form a settlement at San 

Bernardino. 

By the sign of the Arrowhead the Indians knew of a boiling 
spring that gushed at all seasons without variation from the moun- 
tainside, and 'which they used as a cure-all. 

Here they brought their sick and afflicted that they might 
bathe and drink of the healing -waters and find relief from illness 
and disease. 

They knew not why these waters possessed health-giving prop- 
erties, nor did they seek to discover the cause — they knew the sig- 
nificance of the Arrowhead pointing to the boiling springs and 
acted upon that knowledge. 





Bv tli, Arrowhead, which 

Dngham 1 ! limed to nave seen in a 

. the Mormon scouts directed the early 
explorer- to their journey 3 end: and soon af- 
.■ ! i Mormon elder named Smith, having 
likewise had it revealed to him that the arrow- 
head marked a spot where he would he healed 

mortal malady from which he suffered. 

huilt a rude hunkhou-e under the very shadow 
01 the mystic -i^n and shared it with any 
atneken one- a no cared to come. And today 
grizzled men and women -itting on their door- 
m the sunshine anywhere round ahout 
ban Bernardino will tell how they used to ^^^ 

\\ itch crippled invalid- crawl feebly or lifted 

.m stretchers into to ill painfully away 

to the Arrowhead Spring- and come down 

n in ,i lew week- or months healed as if hy a miracle of Bihlc days. 

13y tin- -.imc -I'jn ol the Arrowhead, traveler- Irom everywhere are learning that hidden in the 
folds of the Sierra Madrcs is one of the hoftcst curative springs in the world. 'The water as it runs 
Irom a -core ol -ourcc- through a deep gash in the mountain, i- Irom 30 to 80 degree- hotter than the 
hotte-t ol European Springs, and 74 degrees hotter than the famous Hot Springs of Arkansas. 

No wonder that the Indians used to say that this is the dwelling place ol the Great Spirit. And 
here they came lor hundreds and thousands of years before the white man discovered the Arrowhead. 
before a hath bouse was built, before a building was erected. They bathed in the waters ol the bubbling 
pools and were relieved of their disorders and diseases, and went away relre-hed. rejuvenated, healed, 
breathing prayer- ol gratitude to the Great Spirit. 

And then the white men came. and. seeing the results obtained by the red brother-, they too 
utilized the healing waters. And so ARROWHEAD has been a place ol pilgrimage for fifty years 
and more. 

There i- I legend that Arrowhead was neutral ground lor all Indian tribe.-. Here even the ene- 
mies met and were Iricnds — for the time being at le.i-t. No w ar was made upon the Mck and unfor- 
tunate. 

And thi- precedent -till prevail-, thank- to the liberal policy ol the management of the Arrow- 



head I I It Spring- property. Unlike 



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many famous watering place- both in thi> country and 
Europe you can no to Arrowhead without bidding your 
Irien.l i lond adieu or kissing your pockcthook good- 
hye There is no place here for the hold-up man. 'The 

hotel, haths. medical attendance, are ill under one manage- 
ment and everything i- regulated lor the convenience 01 
the guest and upon a scale thai i- -ore to meet the appro* .1 

ol the public lor moderate and considerate charges. As 
with the Indian-, no advantage ■- taken ind no \\ .ir i- 
made on the -ick and unfortunate. 




A Universal 
Symbol 



IX SERVES only to deepen the mystery of this strange 
and wonderfully beautiful mountain to contemplate the fact 
that the Arrowhead is the most universal of symbols. All 
arrowheads, whether found in California, Ohio, Asia, Africa, 
Peru, or anywhere else on earth, are fashioned from the same 
pattern. Wherever savage man, prehistoric or otherwise, made 
an arrowhead, he made it exactly on the design with which we 
are all familiar. In illustration, if a tribe of savages were 
brought from the African jungle to America, everything would 
be entirely strange to them. They would see nothing familiar, 
nothing that they could recognize. But if they were brought 
to San Bernardino Valley they would instantly recognize the 
symbol on the Mountain of the Arrowhead. Therefore, if it 
were the intent of the Inscrutable Power that branded the 
mountain to draw the attention of all men to the healing waters 
bubbling up from Natures laboratory, no symbol at all approach- 
ing the effectiveness of the arrowhead could have been used. 



Generations of 
men have won- 
dered concerning 
the formation of 
this marvel o u s 
pre-historic land- 
mark so clearly 
demarkated upon 
the mountain side, 
but no one has 
been able to de- 
termine with sci- 
entific accuracy 
the exact cause of 
1 t s origin. The 
symbol is so per- 
fect and points so 
directly to the 
mineral hot 
springs that the 
simple Indian ar- 
rowhead has been 
adopted and is 
now the recog- 
nized trade-mark 
of the Arrowhead 
Hot Springs. 




Location 





Till: ARROWHEAD HOT SPRINGS are sit- 
Dated in San Bernardino County. Southern California 
— The Italy of America. It has an approximately 
perfect all-the-ycar-around climate. This is a rare and in- 
inlc feature, possessed by very few sections of the 
w orld. and nowhere to the same degree as here. After 
experiencing the terribly inclement winters which arc char- 
.ictcri-tic of most sections of the North American continent. 
who can wonder that hundreds of thousands of % i.-itor- make 
an annual pilgrimage to Southern California during the w in- 
lOntlU, where statistics of the United States Weather 
Bureau show that the thermometer 
went below 32 degrees only eleven times 
yc;u 

Every - sensible doctor will tell his patients that the 
most effectual remedy nature - own remedy for almost 
every disease — is to spend as much time as possible in 
the open air. One reason for preferring Arrowhead 
over other health resorts, is that this course is possible 
all the year round. Arrow head affords more perfect 
days during the year for outdoor life, winter and sum- 

mcr. than any other place in the world. Here days of cloudless skies come and 

go. Summer glides into winter without perceptible effort, and the startling 

changes in the seasons so dreaded elsewhere are not noticed Winter is heralded 

9^^ Jr^B y '' ' H '" 1,l ' u ' green on the hillsides alter the !ir-t rain. 'The mornings, evenings. 

and nights arc cooler, but the flowers arc not injured, and delicate rose 
bushes, burdened with blossoms, arc never touched by frosts. 

Mountain trails invite one to quiet rambles or strenuous climbs ever 

changing and of never ceasing interest. To walk lor miles on city streets or 

along country roads is apt to become tiresome and you soon appreciate that 

there is plenty of exercise in walking. But at Arrowhead, w ith 

some new view of surpassing beauty at every bend in the trail, one 

covers much ground and gains the benefits of out-door exercise with 

no feeling of fatigue you have keen zest and constantly active, lively 

interval ID every tiling and the time passes before you realize it. You 

w ill appreciate, how ever, that you have had some exercise, by your 

good appetite and by the soundness of your 

sleep. 




Climate 



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|F THE CLIMATE of the Springs, it is enough to say that it is 
the climate or California — of California at her hest, the California 
of the South — the climate of the Rivera, of the Mediterranean 
hasin, tempered hy 2,000 feet of altitude. A climate -where the air is 
always pure and exhilerating, no matter -what the temperature or season. 
If the wind currents sweep in from the West or South, it is the air of 
mid-ocean dried and scented hy filtering through fifty miles of pine-clad 
Coast Range. If the hreeze streams in from the East or North, it is the 
clear, hnght air of the desert, cooled hy crossing the mile-high rampart of 
the snowy Sierras. The average temperature of the six summer months is 
only 62 degrees. The average temperature of the six winter months is 50 
degrees. Thus making a difference hetween -winter and summer of less than 
fifteen degrees and insuring cool nights the whole year 
round. Blankets are a necessity on your hed all the 
year through. During the months of July, August 
and September, the thermometer reaches considerable 
elevation during the middle of the day. This, how- 
ever, only lasts two or three hours, is quickly tem- 
pered by the sea breeze which springs up early every 
afternoon, and by evening it has become cool enough 
to make a light -wrap pleasant if sitting out of doors. 
An Arrowhead summer is about equivalent to mid- 
June in New England. Its winter — nothing is de- 
lightful enough to be compared with it. The boiling 

hot summer of Southern California is a myth, born of the imagination of the 

winter visitor, -who hurries home early in May, convinced that any place having 

such a mild winter must have a sizzling summer. 

Such, however, is not the case. It is true the temperature does go 

up to 100 degrees and sometimes a little higher for a period of two or 

three days. But so far as experiencing discomfort, you do not feel 

the heat at 100 degrees in Southern California as much as you do 80 

degrees in most other places. There is no humidity and you do not 

sweat and become oppressed as is the case elsewhere. And in the 

shade even on the hottest day one finds instant relief from the heat 

of the sun. Then the nights are always cool and you can get rest 

and strength, and you arise in the morning with renewed 

vigor, ready and anxious to go forth to meet the duties 

and pleasures of another new day, the rare extreme heat 

of the preceding or the coming day not be- 
ing given a serious thought. 





Arrowhead 15 the choicest spot in all Southern California 
rar enough Irom the coast to ocape the occasional cool damp fogs, 
anj high enough in altitude to give just enough Stimulant to suit 
everyone, it is located in a thermal hclt which is particularly 
healthful and beneficial. Not too hiv;li lor tho-c with weak lungs 
or heart disease, just high enough to benefit the asthmatic and to 
give pure air and tine views to all. The atmosphere of the moun- 
t.un- lorms a hctter and more effective sleeping draught than any 
tli.it can be obtained at the drug stores, and. moreover, it- effects 
ire lasting, A number of tent houses have been put up. whereby 
the full benefit of this soothing mountain air can be obtained by 
sleeping out of doors. 

The nights are always cool, sometimes almost cold, even in the 
dead of summer. One can therefore sleep well, and 1- always 
reireshed and invigorated tor the following day. 

Ihc tired, worn-out business man. the hi^h-strung nervous 
woman, find here ideal conditions lor re-I and renewed vigor and 
v it.ility. 

Ihc very air you breathe, the very surroundings you live in. 
contribute to improved healthfulnc — without one * being conscious 

ol making any error! or enduring any hardship in the struggle to 

regain the unbounded |oy ol perfect health In other words, you 

are peaceful, contented, and happy, and enjoy life while regaining 

health 

These effects ot climate on health .ire not idle claims, hut have 
been proved true by thousands, 1 w ill be testified to by hun- 
dreds ol physicians ill over the country who have sent their 

patients to Southern California, and more particularly t.. 
Arrow head. 



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Climate in itself has a very material effect on health. The low death rate of 
Los Angeles, and other Southern California cities, and the large numher of people 
who live to a ripe old age, conclusively establish that the climate of California is 
particularly conducive to good health. 

In the case of a hot springs resort the matter of cli- 
mate is of the utmost importance, as it is bound to have a 
very material effect upon the visitors. A person taking fre- 
quent hot haths and drinking plentifully of hot water, is m 
the very nature of things apt to he more susceptible to sudden 
changes in the weather, and if taking these baths where such 
changes are of frequent occurrence, he must exercise extreme 
care in the matters of clothing, etc. This is unnecessary at 
Arrowhead, because the climate is particulary equable. The 
U. S. Government has located a Weather Bureau Station 
here and the records show that the temperature varies very 
little. There is no extreme heat m summer nor cold in 
winter. The temperature in winter is about like that of Mew 
Orleans, without the dampness. The air is not laden 'with 
moisture, or the sky covered -with gloomy clouds, but there 
is almost constant sunshine the year round. 

The -warmth of the middle of the day in summer is 
tempered by the afternoon sea breeze, while the morning and 
evening air has just the right touch of delicious coolness. 

All this encourages out-door life, and the lovely 
drives and walks and beautiful scenery make a temptation for 
open air exercise that is irresistible. Good air, fine climate 
and attractive surroundings are almost as important at a health 
resort as medical care and attendance. 







1 he Mountains of Mystery 



THE. RE arc mountains everywhere in California barriers alike against the great ocean and the 
great desert — luring hills of glory, upstanding against the hlucst of skies or rifting the occasional 
clouds. Between Shasta in the north and Whitney in the south, they stretch their golden 
chains. So vast and mighty are they that half the world might find room and sustenance within their 
canyons and innumerable recesses. Upon the sides they hear forests of trees, many a one of which fall- 
ing, could have crushed the fleets of Balboa, and which arc still young after sixty centuries of age. 

It were difficult to say which distinct mountain among all these giant ranges is individually the 
m. i -t beautiful. There can be no doubt, however, that a fascination, disassociated from any other, at- 
taches to the wonderful peaks of the San Bernardino range. They are equal to any in majesty, they 
are unique in the human history that clings to them and the valley of San Bernardino at their feet : 
they were the first to be seen by the early explorers of California. But. most interesting and important 
of all u the fact that here is found the Mountain of the Arrowhead, which, beyond all doubt, is the most 
terious mountain in the world. 

Upon the mountain gleams, clear-cut. sharp and perfect in every outline, a great Arrowhead in 

j^f , startling emblazonment. 

.^fl Turn as the traveler will 

-» on the winding trails, that 

^k mighty mystic symbol 

keeps him ever in watchful 

suzerainty. At length he 

comes directly under it. 

seeing, like white sentinels 

above it. the cloud-piercing 

splendor of Mt. San Oor- 

gonio. and still farther on 

Mt. San Jacinto, robed 

eternal in monarch- ermine 






It is a pity that Bernard of Sienna, now long sleeping with 
the dust, could not have set root in the place named in his honor 
in Southern California. Lifting his eyes from the gardens of won- 
der in ban Bernardino s good, gray town, or standing knee-deep in 
the wild flowers of the Campagna, he would have looked upon the 
Mountains of Mystery — snow-crowned monarchs enthroned be- 
tween their dual kingdoms of the desert and the sea. 

He -would have seen the glow and glory on the peaks of 
ban Antonio shining in the sun and capped with perennial snows. 
To the right are visihle the dim outlines of the Coast 
Range that leap into cones and great shoulders and round- 
ed domes, sometimes in swinging chains and again uplifted 
separately and alone from the vast plains. On the 
left a giant hill would break his vision — a serrono 
before the majesty of which the walled mountains 
fall as a curtain is parted and drawn hack on either 
side from an easel. 

Here one hears the songs of wild birds and 
drinks the perfume of emerald hills. You look fr 
the glory of -white peaks above you down into the 
depths of sun-kissed meadows and gardens riotous 
with flowers. 

It is altogether a corner of the world like no 
other, a place which binds the heart to its beauty, 
that holds the dwellers, and which sends the guest 
reluctantly away, never to forget. 




Snow Crowned 
jMonarcns 

Til! now crowned monarch- which 
nave as their footstools San Bernar- 
dino I valley of romance, rank among 
trie greatest mountains of the globe. I he sailor 
sees them from the deck 01 hi- ship on the blue 
w iters of the Pacific, a hundred miles aw iy 

'The beckoning dome of San Gorgonio lllu- 
ionizes the traveler to the l.i-t. appearing al- 
w ivs near, seemingly always near, yet ap- 
parently as unattainable as ever with each ap- 
proaching mile. At last it tower- over the 
very streets of San Bernardino town, though 

a great plain intervenes. Its height is 12.000 
feet above the level of the sea. Away yonder 
to the right stands San Jacinto, rising segregat- 
ed and almost sheer tO an altitude ol 1 1 ,0(X) 
feet ; to the left San Antonio. 10.000 feet. 

I hese are the Mountain- ol My-tcry that 
have seen Time, with its countless years gather 
to oust races of men. peoples, tribes, clans, and 
with them what they have wrought. 

In the caves and caverns and sears of these 
great hills arc traces of temples and broken 
Cities, buried and re-buried, hidden and again 
cast up from pasts that go back to chaos itself. 

Mountain-walled is San Bernardino, save at 
the west ; and. even there rise the great, up- 
lifted plains of Cucamonga. On no day ol 
the year is the valley of St. Bernard without 
its breath of bloom, its flame 01 (lowered hed- 
ges, its crow ding gardens of roses and its widc- 
flung. upland slopes of lemon and orange groves 
hung v. ith opulent gold. W ithal. the moun- 
tain top- are white with -now during more 
than two-thirds of the year. 

Thus is the valley of Romance belted by a 
mighty panorama of everlasting hills, beautiful 



beyond poet s song or painter a picture. Changeful is their glory as every day's inconstant mood, now 
emblazoned in the sun, now dim in misted rains, sort in shadows of the cloud, glorified in desert dawns, 
royal in sunset s purple, soft in the mellow moons and diademed with stars. 

No man has ever seen a fairer spot than the Valley of Romance. Above it, serene, immutable and 
radiant as the glory of God, glow the great mountains. Down from the heart of the emerald hills leap 
crystal streams, flashing like jewels in the sun, singing to the rocks, and laughing to the nodding wild 
flowers -while rambling on the way. 

Springtime spreads a carpet of glory for the feet of all in the valley. Gentians, poppies, mallows, 
phlox, verbenas, orchids, manposa lilies, all wild, and the ■wild rose, too ; these and countless flowers of 
every color and every hue are found here. 

And when, in the times of the Spanish Fathers, the Captain of Tubac knelt on that royal carpet 
to lift his heart to the God of Things, he lacked not for altars at -which to pray. On the hill slopes 
■were myriad yuccas, creamy, and each -with its thousand bells. In the olden times men were near to 
God. On the green altars of the hills the Conquestadore saw the shining yuccas and called them La 
Lampara de Dios — " X he Candles of the Lord." 

The superb, crowning glory of this valley is a sunrise of perfect beauty. Nothing moves but the 
dawn whose outgoing breath tints with saffron and gold 
the edge of the sky and who mounts -with a measureless 
calm, a grand austerity, that oftimes lifts to its own 
height the soul of him who worships from below. 

It is here the most mysterious Arrowhead 
points to the hoftest curative springs in the world, 
where the Arrowhead Hotel has been built. 




Starting from trie hotel one may follow a woodland path, under the shade of leafy tree?. 
\c a clear running brook. Down and down this path will lead until you find yourself in 
a vcrt.ihlc fairy woods, with the brook developed into a fast running, ringing >tream. But your 
fairy walk is not ended here. Crossing a rustic bridge you begin to ascend — in and out by turn- 
your path leads hy easy grades up Health Mountain. But at every turn, you involuntarily stop 
to enjoy the beautiful views which always include the mighty Arrowhead as a background, 
with the picturesque hotel and gardens in the foreground. Reaching the summit, the surprise 
experienced upon discovering you have climbed hundreds of feet, is almost entirely eclipsed by 
the wonderful panorama unfolded before your eyes. 

Similar trails, graded with engineering skill, lead to all choice places in the canyon ,.r 
along the mountain sides. Tht rambling and climbing has bean made easy for even the most 
delicate. Benches await the weary who do not care to recline on Mother Nature s green 
carpet Iron rod? for hand-holts encourage the timid in climbing around rocky points that 
arc really not dangerous for children clamber gleefully over them — hut the management of 
this wonderful park wish everyone to enjoy themselves every moment without even an in- 
stant of hesitation or shrinking. For the strenuous, seeking an outlet for supcrfluos vitality 
and energy, there arc the higher mountain trails that rise mile after mile to the top of the 
main divide. W)00 feet above the ocean, and leading to Squirrel Inn. Skyland. Pine 
C.iv-t. Bear Valley and other distant points. 

Mysterious canyons penetrating deep into the heart of the ranges radiate from 
the hotel. Deep, narrow valleys, where a precipice two or three hundred feet high 

in places, shut out 
the sunlight: and 
opening out into de- 
lightful nooks and 
coves that are ver- 
tiblc flower gardens. 
At one point tower- 
ing sections or rocks 
hold the eye of the 
geologist, in another 
ferns and 
flowers drape the 
banks with their 
choicest tapestry. 





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charming the botanist. To all, these heavily shaded gorges are 
places of delight, flower-decorated, and musical with the songs of 
mountain hrooks. Overhead are the arches formed hy the branches 
of the heavy tree growth; sycamore, maple, oak, alder, pine, cedar, 
and juniper, hiding the sun. 

Ike change of foliage marks the differences of elevation, as 
one climbs up from the sub-tropical to 
Alpine heights. 

Nothing can surpass the inter- 
est with which the guest looks forward 
each day to exploring some new 
trail in this land of enchantment. 
Returning from a tramp of un- 
usual charm you will think 
Arrowhead can not 
possibly have anoth- 
er walk of such sur- 
passing beauty, only 
to discover the next 
day a trad of even 



greater won- 
ders. Spark- 
ing streams of 
purest water, 
gushing from 
eternal springs, 
leap over the 
ledges and 
among the boulders: 
now stopping to play 
awhile in some emerald 
pool sunk in the gran- 
ite, then hiding in the shadows of ferns and vines. 
1 hese depths, where one may get near to nature, are quiet, 
except for the songs of birds and of the rippling brooks ; just the 
hidden spot where one may rest and enjoy peace ; where all cares 
fall away and are forgotten, and where the worries of this life 
cease from troubling. 





Beaut 1 1 ul 
drives for 

automobiles and c a r- 
riages lead from the 
valley up to the I lot 
Springs, giving a suc- 
cession of picturesque views at every 
turn of tKe road 01 the grand valley 
below and tbe majestic mountains ah' 

Arriving at tbe hotel one finds, in a few min- 
ute) walk, all tbe quiet, tbe beauty, tbe restfol- 
ncss. and tbe real )oy of camping out in tbe bidden 
fastnesses of tbe mountains, wonderfully combined 



witb all tbe comforts and conven- 
iences of an ideal re He may 
explore tbe steep rocky slopes and 
climb along abrupt crags and over 
rugged ledge?, or dream tbe minutes 
in tbe -bade of cliffs draped 
witb moss and maidenhair fern, or 
-it in the shade of cool porches and 
pick out the route of future trip-. 
In all directions from the hotel 
one finds the most scenic dri 
the world. 'The roads arc good all 
the year round. It is a paradise 
for the motorist. 

It i- unpOMublc to describe the 
iLli.'ht of driving on perfect roads 
amid rugged mountain scenery. 

A good road leads from the 
hotel through Waterman Canyon, 
i tbe property of the Company I, to 
Squirrel Inn. across Bear Valley, 
and right on up to the heights of 
Mt. San Bernardino This is one 
of the most wonderful automobile 
drives in tbe world — or it 
la even more delightful to 
go to the top of the moun- 
tain by carriage or on 
horseback. Facilities arc 
provided at the hotel for 
making the trip in any one 
of these ways. 




From the front windows and porches of the hotel one looks down on a valley whose history- 
dates hack to 1774, when the Indians told Juan de Anza that it was "Cuachma" — the place of plenty. 

There are California valleys -which have heen reclaimed from arid desolation to bewildering 
beauty and productivity hy the skill of the engineer who harnessed the far distant waters or drew them 
from subturranean channels, thus causing myriad blades of grass to grow -where none grew before. But 
the valley of San Bernardino was always a well watered valley, lush with grass and alive with game. 
Long before the land was taken up hy settlers, the wild grape, the wild currant and the wild gooseberry 
grew in lavish profusion. This valley is the most beautiful and fertile in the country — the Government 
reports for 1913 show Los Angeles County to be the richest in the United States in the value of its 
farm products. 

The view 19 one never to be forgotten, reaching from Redlands on the east nearly to Los Angeles 
on the west, a distance of over sixty miles, and extending south twenty miles to the range beyond Riv- 
erside. One looks down on a checkerboard of cultivated ranches that occupy the level lands. Here 
and there hills rise from the plains, like islands dotting the sea, hills that gleam with crops of green and 
gold, or form a brown background with their robes of heather. It is a picture of sun-kissed meadows, 
groves filled with golden oranges, and gardens riotous with flowers. 

It is a scene ever changing in its moods; now bright with sunshine, gleaming and sparkling like a 
fairy land; now soft and dreamy in the shadow of the clouds; and in the mornings and evenings glowing 
with the richest of colors; and at night half concealed and half revealed in the starlight, the center of the 
picture accented and set off by the myriads of twinkling lights from the cities below. The clearness and 
purity of the air bring distant objects near and give a vividness to detail that is a constant source of sur- 
prise and pleasure to every new-comer. 




'The gardens, the farm, the olive orchard, and even the chicken ranch, offer attraction- 
for the visitor. He may study at In- lci-urc the strange variety of crops growing side by 
-ice. and realize what intcn^ilicd farming under irrigation will do in the sub-tropics: and at 

the same time sec where some of the good thing- tor 

Hthc tahle come from. 
A stroll through the gardens, orchards and farms is 
or equal latere I t.. the country and city man. /•:. 
Jfi* country man naturally makes many comparisons of 

conditions back home, and to the city man scientific 
farming is a revelation. 

Tomatoes, peas. bean-, potatoes, vegetables 
of every variety, are grown in abundance not 
for sale, but for consumption in the dining 
room. 

Planted at the proper season, and with the 

right length of time intervening, by the time 

one planting of any particular vegetable has 

ripened and been consumed, another 

planting becomes available. Fruit and 

berries — strawberries, raspberries. 

blackberries, all kinds thrive and do 

well here. And the size and flavor 

of the products amply 

prove the richness and 

fertility of the soil 

the dairy farm 
is conducted in ■ 



the president and man- 
ager of the Arrowhead 
ll.t Springs Company, 
brought the first stock of 
blooded Jcr-cy cows to the San Ber- 
nardino valley some forty years ago. 
and when he became interested in the 
hotel, about eight years ago, he determined 
that above all things the guests should 1 
Irc-h milk and butter and good things to cat. 
This determination has been lived up to. 'The 
Stock at the dairy farm is the best — all regis- 
tered, and some prize winners. The administration ot the 
farm i- cleanly and samt.ir v to the highest degree. 

The chicken ranch, olive orchard and orange groves are 
additional place- 01 interest to many. and. like everything 
■ \ mow head, are kept in the finest condition. 







thoroughly seicn- 
titic manner. Mr. 
Scth Marshall. 








Out-door 
Sports 

Nowhere in 
America 
are affor- 
ded such abundant 
opportunities for 
quiet rambles or 
invigorating 
mountain climb- 
ing witn new 
scenes of ever- 
lncreasing beauty 
at every turn and 
bend of the trail. 
An hours climb 

■will carry you from the sub-tropics through the temperate zone to the Alpine. Ike mouths of half a 
dozen canyons can be reached in fifteen minutes walk from the hotel. 

The delight and charm of out-door life in these most refreshing natural surroundings are truly 
beyond the power of description. They can only be appreciated by a visit to Arrowhead. 

For those who enjoy more vigorous exercise, unrivalled tennis courts have been provided. 
Within a minute s walk of the hotel, and directly facing it at the foot of a precipitate drop of about 
twenty feet. Mother Nature herself has leveled off a fine plateau just large enough for the courts. 
From the end of the plateau the mountain continues with an abrupt descent to the valley, some two 

thousand feet below. 

It is here the tennis grounds have been laid out on a dirt court that is in 
fact, absolutely reliable (there being no unevenness to mar the play ) , and much 
easier on the feet than a cement court. 

Here match games of unsurpassing interest can be and are played with 
the utmost enjoyment the year round. 

On this plateau, cut in as it ■were on the side of the mountain, one could 
almost imagine himself playing a game of tennis on the edge of the world. 
The grounds are entirely surrounded by a wire netting, fifteen feet high, so 
there are no tiresome waits while retrieving balls. 

A medical director outlines a course of exercises for any guest making 
such a request, and these exercises, taken out of doors where there is health- 
giving, invigorating mountain air, are doubly beneficial. From fifteen minutes 
to one-half hour spent this way every morning, followed by a cold shower 
and rub. give renewed vigor and vim for the whole day .and build up strength 
and vitality that should last for years. 




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NO OTHER HEALTH RESORT has sucb a sign of world-wide fame as the Arrowhead 
— of puzzling interest to traveler, geologist, botanist, antiquarian and historian. No wonder 
that many legends Have keen woven about its history by botb civilized and savage peoples. 'The 
surroundings are as remarkable as the wonderful arrow itself, for tbey form a playground beyond tbe 
power of man to produce artifically. 

Tbey make a public park rivaling in size tbosc of tbe larger cities, and surpassing in extent il 
of any otber bcaltb resort in tbe world. The large boldings of tbe Arrowhead Hot Springs Comp.iny 
of nearly two thousand acres, is twice as large as that of the famous U. S. reservation known as the 
Arkansas Hot Springs. The Arkansas health resort consisted originally of 2529 acres, but 1628 acres 
have been awarded to individual use. leaving only 900 to the springs and park. 

'The Arrowhead Hot Springs personal holdings are surrounded on the north, west and east by 
the U. S. fore~t re-crvation, the two forming forever a public park unequalled in extent, variety, and 
scenery, by any other health resort of any clime. 




IS PROPERTY 



The region immediately around the springs has placed the landscape gardener upon his metal, and 
the -work of making the area around the hotel like a city park, without destroying in the least the charm 
of the natural scenery, is already well advanced. 

It is evident then that this is not one of the places where all the charms, attractions and induce- 
ments are confined to the waters, and to the -walls of the hotel, and where one has seen it all after 
walking once around the huilding. The Company is taking advantage of its exceptional surroundings. 



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W^^^^^^— The swim- 

ming pool, a few steps 
back of the hotel, is a great 
rendezvous on warm days, 
and of course in Calitor- 
lornia there arc few day- that arc 
not warm enough to thoroughly enjoy 
a swim. 'The water in the grot con- 
crete rcscvoir is warm, being piped from Palm Spring, and lose* but little of its warmtb by standing in 
the open air. 'The water i- .ilw.iv- Iresh as a const.int -tream runs into and out of tbe pool. 'The depth 
lei from tbrec to seven feet. 

After .1 mountain climb nothing is so invigorating and refreshing as a dive into the clear depths 
o{ tlu- clean, (real) water, from tbe -pnn^-bo.ird. coming up .it the far end of the plunge, then a short run 
along the board walk to the bath-hou-e. lor a rub and a rest. 

'The pool is surrounded by a heavy fringe of shrubbery, so that it has the 
privacy of an indoor plunge, as well as the cxhilirating freedom of the open air. 

In back of the hotel, and immediately adjoining the bath-house, space has 
been -et aside for an athletic farm. A small running track with graduated hurdle- 
Been provided. There arc also punching bags, parallel bars. etc. 
Part of the grounds arc covered with the regulation canvas, for boxing and 
wrestling. Here in tbe cool early morning, those so inclined can engage in the 
particular sort of exereiM tOM\ will be most beneficial to health 
— tossing the medicine hall, pulling weights, punching the bag. or 
w batever is adapted to develop those muscles which most need 

Dgtnening. There is nothing "cribbed, cabined or omlined. 

but all out 01 door- lor pleasure, sport and enjoyment. 





Arrowhead offers unusual facilities for "conditioning 
business men and others who have gone to seed from their 
pursuits in the strenuous life. If a man is nervous, sleep- 
less, no appetite, and out of condition generally, you have got to get his 
mind off that fact hefore anything can he done for the hetterment of his 
health. The body must be released from its mental load (for the mental load is very 
often the prime cause of the physical body being out of condition), and given a chance 
to build up tissues and sinews. Nothing will accomplish this so well as out-door physical exercise. 

Elsewhere, you can never tell, in summer, when it is going to rain, and of course in winter the 
discomfort is extreme. At Arrowhead the rains send out their advance notices days ahead, and when 
the rains do come the after effects disappear so quickly that out-door exer- 
cise is hardly interrupted. And as for winter- — there is no -winter. In short, 
out-door exercise is practicable all the year round. As for environment — 
there is no comparison between the conditions here and anywhere else in the 
country. The environment is ideal. 

Golf and polo are within easy access of the guests 
or the hotel. At Redlands, ten miles distant and easily 
reached by electric trolley, is one of the finest golf courses 
in America, and at Riverside, only fifteen miles away, is 
one of the greatest centers for polo playing in the United 
States. Here all during the winter months, the local team 
plays match games with teams from Coronado, banta Bar- 
bara, Pasadena, the East, Canada and England. 1 hese matches 
are of international interest, and Arrowhead is particularly 
fortunate in being located within such easy reach of the 
grounds. 

Many pages might be devoted to the sports 
and pastimes of this locality, and much would re- 
main unsaid. Realization of the many recreations 
is possible only by one being on the ground. 





An hours ride to the west u the quaint 
old San (jahriel Mission, one of the oldest 
and best preserved in California, a link in 
the chain that girdles the coast from San 
Diego to San Franc: 

I wo hours away is Los Angeles. \\ ith 

itl -hops, theatres, and hustling 400.000 

people, and Pasadena, the Village of Mil- 

lonaircs. where captains of industry come 

to get a taste of heaven heforc they die. 

Nearly one hundred and fifty years 
have passed since these old Mi-miv, now 
gray and crumbling, were founded by 
the Franciscan Monks, the 
Father! of that day and genera- 
tion. They had and took plenty 
of time in their choosing of the 
most desirable spots, and their 
sites were chosen after thorough 
and earnest search. These loca- 
tions were once the center of in- 
tense agricultural industry, rich 
lands and beautiful scenery alw i\ - 
accompanying their choosing. 



The iMissio 



ns 



A spot could hardly be 
chosen more centrally situated 
than Arrowhead as a base 
from which tn explore the beauties of 
Southern California. Six miles south 
lies the hustling city of San Bern.ir- 
dino, with 15.000 inhabitants and 
three transcontinental railroads. Only 
ten miles distant is Rcdl.mds. with its 
Italian \ [lias. Canyon Heights and 
p.irk - like residence districts, called by 
many The prettiest city in the 
world. Foorteen miles south and 
across the vallev is Riverside, with 
its world-famous orange groves and 
i! M I'.Miolta Drive. 




The Hotel 



THE HOTEL has been built to match the sur- 
roundings, in mission style, with broad veran- 
das, superb foyer and lobby with great field 
stone fire places here and there; large, cool rooms, -with 
a masterpiece landscape framed in each window, warmed 
throughout -with a vapor-vacuum steam heating system; 
provided with elevators, electric lights, and shower 
baths. It is planned for quiet comfort, repose and 
health; its luxunousness, equipment and furnishings 
make it fulfill the most exacting expectation. 

ike walls of the first story are of granite 
taken from the mountains by which the hotel 
is surrounded, and other stories are of Portland 
cement of the best grade 
and quality — the 'whole 
making a building which 
is architecturally and ar- 
tistically beautiful and 
most comfortable to live 
in for whatever may be 





the length of 

time of the 

guest s visit. The veranda on the front 

or south side of the hotel is a source 

of never-ending delight. Spacious and roomy, the 

rustic chairs and comfortable rockers are in constant 

use by visitors from early morning until late at night. 

bhaded by gorgeous wistaria, rose and other climbing 

bushes, it faces the well kept lawn, and just below, yet 

near enough so that every play can be closely followed. 

are the tennis courts ; beyond is the valley with its 

orange groves running well up the sides of the foothills 

making a picture impossible to describe. 

Grounds, hotel, equipment, and scenery, all contri- 
bute to the comfort and pleasure of guests. 




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'7Ae lobby at once appeals to tbe 
guest witb its roomy expanse and 
cozy corners of home-like comfort. 
Tnu floor being constructed of 
solid granite tbe lobby is always 
a cool and refreshing spot even on 
tbe warmest days. It is very ligbt 
and airy, baving windows almost 
without number. 

Two hundred feet long by sixty 
wide, it runs the entire width of 
the hotel, with the exception of 
the west wing where the dining 
room is located. Big. comfortable 
leather chairs invite one to relax 
in their restful depths, while long 
reading tables offer a variety of books and maga- 
zines for one s enjoyment. 

One corner of the lobby is given over to pool 
and billiard tables and apparatus for other games, 
the use of which is free to guests for their amuse- 
ment and diversion. 

Writing desks and all conveniences for corre- 
spondence are at hand in another section of the 
lobby. 
Huge and picturesque fire places are found at 
the end and along one side of the lobby, affording 
cheer and comfort, and prove the inspiration for 
many a pleasant and ever-to-be-remembercd story- 
telling gathering on winter evenings. 

'Ini hot mineral waters and pure cold spring 
water are always on hand in tbe lobby for drinking 
purposes, when one does not feel inclined to take the 
short stroll to the pergola near the hotel, to which 
these waters arc piped and run direct from the 
springs by gravity, or the longer walk to the springs 
themselves. They arc kept in Thermos bottles to 
preserve the correct temperature at which they 
should be taken. Indeed, no slightest convenience or 
comfort of the guest is overlooked in this homelike 
hotel. His merest wish is anticipated, and amid 
these restful surroundings, the guest of a few hours 
at Arrowhead finds himscll forgetting he is in a hotel 
— so complete are his comfort and enjoyments. 



le room is a 



The ground floor of the hotel is taken up with the office, lohhy, dining 
room, and consultation room of the medical director. A hroad, picturesque stair- 
way leads up to the second floor landing in a lounging and rest room which is 
practically in the center of the hotel. This room is furnished in the most com- 
fortable and cheerful manner and is a favorite place in the afternoon and early 
evening for those social gatherings of the women folks, from which men 
excluded hut which are so dear to the heart of all memhers of the female 

Light rattan chairs of different sizes, leather chairs, rockers — all of the 
greatest ease invite you to enjoy the benefit of repose and rest; and for those 
who prefer to lie down and thoroughly relax, massive leather couches are found 
in every nook and comer. In the center of the 
long tahle on which is always found a large basket 
of heautiful and fragrant flowers, adding a still 
greater charm and home-like atmosphere to this 
cheerful room. 

Opening off from this lounging room are two 
wide halls which extend to each end of the huilding, 
and these halls in turn open off into sub-halls which 
lead to the different wings of the hotel. Each of 
these halls and sub-halls end in a small balcony 
where one or two may find a shady and secluded 
seat to enjoy the fine mountain air and beautiful 
scenery in perfect privacy if he so desires. 

The arrangement of the third floor is 
similar to that of the second — the same wide 
halls -with the same charming balconies, but in- 
stead of the lounging room there 
is a rotunda from which you 
look down on the lounging room 
below. This rotunda extends 
to the roof, affording ventila- 
tion, adding materially to airi- 
ness and comfort of both floors. 






arc of the best quality, and the service 
is so tar above the average as to be the 
subject of favorable comment on the part of the 
guests generally. 

Many, very many people are (Jiving the mat- 
ter of diet serious consideration. W hat to eat 
did you ever stop to consider what that means ? 
Probably you have read something scientific about 
calories, starches, fats, albuminoids, etc. But 
what is proper food ? Divest the answer of all 
scientific terms and it resolves itself into animal 
or vegetable matter which u alive or which has 
not started to decay, and by just the distance it 
has proceeded along the road to decay by that 
much is it unfitted for human food. 'The farther 
we get from the sou the more complicated does 
problem of proper food become. At Arrowhead. 
however, this is no problem at all, because all the 
vegetables arc grown right on the grounds, the 
eggs come from the company s chicken ranch, the 
milk from the company s dairy — in fact, almost 
everything comes fresh from the farm to the tabic. 

The fine air crcats a good appetite. 

the mineral waters build up the ability 

to digest, and the kitchen furnishes 

the good things to cat. 



Ihc dining room 
meet' in every re- 
spect the requirc- 

! I tirot-clui hotel. Al- 
most one hundred feet square, it 

on every side, from 
each of which one gets a magnifi- 
cent view of cither mountain or 
valley. 'The seating capacity is 400 
and there ire table- |u-t for two. 
Fo* lour, or for i I .uiuly party 01 
ten or twelve. 'The linen and silver 




The appeal of out-door life is so strong at Ar- 
rowhead that most of the guests spend their waking 
hourt in healthful out-door exercise of some kind, and 
the mountain air is such a helpful draught that no one 
experiences any difficulty in getting the best of rest 
every night. This ability to sleep well is greatly aided 
and augmented by the inviting and attractive character 
of the rooms. All rooms are outside rooms with plenty 
or windows, and from each -window a picture of sur- 
passing beauty is presented. The decorations are all in 
soft delicate tints which naturally tend to restfulness 
and repose. 

The furnishings of each room are of woods 
selected to match the decorations, so that the whole 
harmonizes in the most perfect manner and, far from 
offending good taste, really constitute a joy and delight 
to the most artistic temperament. 

The beds and bedding are the best, -with linens 
and coverings, spotless in their cleanliness, and so soft to 
the touch as to actually soothe one to sleep and insure 
pleasant dreams. 

.Large closets, comfortable chairs, writing desks, 
reading tables, etc., really make the rooms of the hotel 
a most pleasant temporary home for -whatever time 
may be the length of the guest s stay. 

In tact, no pains have been spared by the man- 
agement to make the hotel most perfect in 
all its appointments. 





The Medical Value of Thermal Waters 

TH E USE of thermal sprint's U a part or the history of every civilized nation. Bathing was a 
sacreJ rite among the Egyptians, ana washing in the Jordan, or in pools and springs, was made a 
religious duty by the Israelites. Tnt Greeks took their summer outings at tne sulphur spring 
icanic origin on tne island of Euboea. 'The Romans were famous for the luxury and magnificence 
of their bathing establishments, called Thermae • hot K 

Some of the methods of treating diseases by thermal waters in use to-day, have come down to us 
from the tamous physicians of the past, such as the Greek Hippocrates I 300 B. C. >. called the Father 
of Medicine. 

For hundreds of years the noted bathing localities of England, France and Germany have been 
visited by thousands seeking the benefits which can only be obtained at the right kind of hot mineral 
springs. 

In this country, Saratoga, N. Y., French Lick Spring?, Ind., Hot Springs, Ark., and Arrow- 
head, Calitornia, annually attract those who hope for renewed health from the use of the waters and 
the stimulus of pleasant surroundings. When the springs at Arrowhead are as well known as the fa- 
mous spas of Europe and the older resorts in America, they will stand first in the list for the healing 
properties or their waters. 1 hey arc the hottest and most curative in the world. 

J. K. Haywood, Chief of Miscellaneous Division. Bureau of Chemistry for the United States 
Government, in his official report on the Hot Springs of Arkansas, speaking of the medical value of 
thermal waters, says: 'The curative effects of thermal waters arc undoubtedly due, to a large extent, 

to their stimulating effects on the excretory organs of the skin and the kidneys. To fully understand 
this we have only to examine the routine through which a patient passes at these thermal resorts. The 
pores are first thoroughly opened and sweating begun by immersing the patient in hot water for from 3 
to 10 minutes. The patient u then placed in the steaming room for about 5 minutes, and at the same time 
drinks copiously of hot water. This treatment, of course, produces a profuse perspiration. After this 
the patient is wrapped in blankets and passed on to a warm room for from 20 to 30 minutes, where the 
perspiration runs off in streams. After this the patient is rubbed down and allowed to dress. A desire 
to urinate soon comes. Thus we sec that the system is thoroughly flooded with water and washed out 
each day. and that tissue changes take place with wonderful rapidity. It is no wonder then that uric 
acid, syphilitic polSOB . other materials of disease, and mercurial and other metallic poisons are soon elim- 
inated from the system. With such effects as these mentioned above, hot baths th.-n must be of value 
in the treatment of rheumatism, gout, syphilis, neuralgia, etc. 

Scientists agree that it is the hot water, charged with its natural gases and emanation-, which 
produce the beneficial effect. This being true. Arrow head ranks first in the healing qualities of its 
waters. 



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As will be seen by a glance at tbe sub-joined table, they are tbe hottest curative springs in the 



Comparative Temperatures 



Arrowhead and tne •world s other great Curative Springs : 



Places 


Name of Springs 


Tern. Deg. F. 


CALIFORNIA 


ARROWHEAD 


202 


Carlsbad (Bohemia) 


Sprudel 


164 


Weisbaden (Germany) 


K.ochbrunnen 


156 


Baden Baden (Germany) 


Hauptquelle 


155 


Amelie-les-Baines (Pyrenees) 


Fountaine Arago 


145 


Carlsbad (Bohemia) 


Xheresienbrunnen 


131 


Aix-le-Chappelle (Germany) 


Kaiserquelle 


131 


Leuk ( Switzerland ) 


Hauptquelle 


125 


Arkansas (U. S. A. ) 


Arkansas 


122 


Gastein (Austria) 


Hauptquelle 


120 


Teplitz (Bohemia) 


Hauptquelle 


120 


Bath (England) 


King s Bath 


119 


Aix-les-Bains (Savoy) 


Alum Spring 


116 


Carlsbad (Bohemia) 


SchlossDrunnen 


113 


Bareges (Pyrenees) 


Le Tambour 


113 


Gastein (Austria) 


Doctorsquelle 


111 


Vichy (France) 


Grand Grille 


108 



Some idea of the intense heat of the Arrowhead water may be gathered from the fact that eggs 
can be nicely boiled in the springs in from three to five minutes. 

Hot -water baths produce an agreeable sense of comfort and well being, and are one of the most 
powerful of all vital stimulants, exciting the function of all tissues, glands, nerves, nerve-centers, and the 
like. Elevation of the temperature of the sweat glands and nerve structures heightens their activity. 
Hot water accelerates the circulation of the blood, producing a rush of blood to the surface of the skin, 
and an expansion of the blood in the blood vessels, causing profuse perspiration. Diseases caused by sup- 
pressed perspiration and morbid organizations are benefitted by these baths. The stimulative effect pro- 
duced by the high temperature of these 'waters often proves very beneficial in cases ot paralysis. 'Tne 
application of heat to living cells increases the activity of their protoplasm, within physiological limits. 

Mineral steam baths are recommended in obstinate chronic rheumatism, in exudations into mus- 
cles and joints, in arthritis and sciatica, obesity, mercunalism, anaemia and chlorosis. 



Natural Steam Caves 

INTO the bank or bluff on the east side 
nl Waterman Canyon I owned by the 
company I, about half a mile from the 
DOtel has been constructed, a tunnel from the 
floor ot which rises Hot Radio- Active Steam 
and water < 200° ) which will soon be utilized 
for baths. 

Rooms will be built from which will extend 
covered arcades leading into the steam caves. 
where the most effective Natural Steam Baths 
will be administered. 

These Natural Steam Caves arc really one 
of the wonders of the world. 





Nature s Own Steam Rooms 



THe water from the hot springs is carried into the 
steam rooms of the house by gravity alone and 
supplies steam for the steam baths without any arti- 
ficial heat whatever being used: thereby retaining all the 
medicinal virtues of the water direct from Mother Earth, 
the aim being to conserve all of the force of its radio-ac- 
tivity. adding greatly to its curative power. 

'I he bath house, spotless and water-proof throughout 
in asbestos tiling and white enamel, has a capacity of 400 
baths daily. This well equipped bath house is connected 
directly n itli the hotel by a covered corridor, thus enabling 
guests to disrobe in their apartments and 
pass through to the baths in their bath- 
robes. 'The water-proof finish of the 
bath house enables it to be kept surgically 
clean and antiseptic. Skilled attendants 
for both men and women are in charge 
under the direct supervision of the eon- 
•^■■Wj suiting physician. There are rooms for 

mud baths, vapor baths, salt rubs, mas- 
^^^^^^|| sage in fact for every kind of treatment 
^^^^^^™ necessary or beneficial to the patient to 
be found here. 



Analysis 

NOW as to the saline or mineral contents or the water, it may surprise some to rind that this 
consideration was not given first rank. Tne thing that does the work is the hot water charged 
with its natural gases and emanations, and it is an axiom among hot springs physicians that no 
ideal -water should contain enough salts or minerals to interfere with its consumption in large quantities 
daily. Any water which contains enough salts to upset the stomach or irritate the howels when taken 
freely is a water of very limited usefulness. It may he very beneficial to a few carefully selected cases, 
hut it is worthless for the greater numher, and for many positively harmful. 

borne experts have even gone so far as to lay down the paradox, ike less salts, the better min- 
eral water. 

Not that these saline elements are a master of indifference; rar from it. Xhey are present in all 
natural waters from any considerable depth, and give hy their mere physical presence the peculiar prop- 
erties referred to of saline solutions and ionization. 

Moreover, it is well to have them alkaline and of such character as to be gently stimulant to the 
bowels, kidneys and skin, largely by their alkalizing and antacid properties. 

This is the property of the salts in the Arrowhead waters, the chief being sodium sulphate (42 
grains to the gallon), sodium chloride (8 grains), sodium carbonate (1 grain), with smaller amounts of 
the corresponding magnesium, potassium and lithium salts. 

lhe following analysis of the waters at Arrowhead Hot Springs was made by Gilbert Ellis 
Bailey, Professor of Geology, University of Southern California; formerly Professor Analytical 
Chemistry, State University of Nebraska; Professor in State School of Mines of S. Dakota; former 
Geologist of Wyoming; formerly Field Assistant California State Mining Bureau, etc., etc. 



Penyugal Hot Springs 

Grams 
Ions Per liter 

Sodium (Na.) .2887 

Calcium (Ca.) .0291 

Magnesium (Mg.) . .0020 

Potassium (K) .0308 

Sodium Oxid (Na_>0) .4034 

Calcium Oxid (CaO) .0407 

Magnesium Oxid ( Mg O ) .0033 

Potassium Oxid (K>0) .0371 



Ion« Per liter 

Grams 

CKlonn <CI> .... 0903 

Sulphuric AciJ ion (S04 ).. . . . .5315 

Silicic AciJ ion (SiO I .1258 

Boric Acid ion <B.O- I .0117 

Sulpnuric Anhydrid (S03) .4429 

Silicic AnhyJr.J < S. O I .0994 

Boric Anhydrid (B>0,) .... 0105 

Carbonic Anhydrid 'CO ■)_ . .0429 

Hydrotfcn SulfiJ <H,S> 0084 



Hypothctically combined as follows: 

Grami 

Per liter 

Sodium Chloride .1313 

Sodium Carhonate . .0179 

Sodium Sulphate .. ... .7301 

Sodium Borate .. . .0152 

Potassium Sulphate . .0686 

Calcium Carhonate . . .0727 

Magnesium Carhonate .0069 

Silica .0994 

Lithia . _ trace 

Hydrogen Suit id Gas .0085 

Total 1.1506 67.205 

Radio-active SUDftancea present. 
Temperature 202 degrees F. 



Grains 


Per Gallon 


7.670 


1.045 


42.650 


0.887 


4.007 


4.24b 


0.403 


5.806 


trace 


0.491 



Mud Batns 

FOR thousands of years mud batns nave teen used as a curative agent. Scientific Therapeutic 
History takes us back to 400 B. C, and tells us or the not springs and mud baths used by the old 
Romans for the cure of disease — for many, many years mud baths -were used in a crude way. 
Both in Europe and America they were little understood. Over one hundred years ago the Arrow- 
head Springs and mud baths were used by the Indians and the Spanish, who came here for the cure of 
disease. What is there about these hot mud baths curing Rheumatism- and other diseases — is it any 
■wonder people wanted to know about them ? For many years Arrowhead Mud Baths have been espe- 
cially noted for their curative properties. Letters of inquiry are daily received from all parts of the 
United States. In response to this general inquiry and growing interest, we here explain what Mud 
Baths are and why they cure Rheumatism, Paralysis, Gouty Affections, Neurasthenia, Eczema, Liver, 
Ridney and Bladder Troubles. 

The mud bath is in a class by itself. Separate and distinct from all other kinds of baths. No 
other baths have the same curative effect. It relieves you of pain — all of that sore excruciating pain in 
swollen joints and stiffened limbs yields to its soothing influence. No other form of bath or treatment 
is so effectual ; in effect there is an acceleration of pulse, and increase of blood pressure in proportion 
to the density of the mud, an acceleration of respiratory frequency, and an augmentation of cutaneous 
elimination of urea, or uric acid. 

The query often comes to us— WHAT IS THIS MUD ? 

No, it is not an ordinary mud; it is a soft, yielding, turfy soil, consisting of decomposed rock 
that has for ages been -washed from the mountain side, and decomposed vegetable maffer that has come 
into constant and intimate contact with the hot mineral waters for a long period of time. Often esti- 
mated by leading scientists at thousands of years, and, in consequence, has undergone chemical changes. 

In its Chemical Composition we find Calcium Borate, Iron Carbonate, Lithium Chloride, Mag- 
nesia Silicate, Potassium Sulphate, Sodium Sulphate, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Carbonate ; besides there 
are present other rare elements, chief of -which are Radio-Active Substances. This peculiar form of 
mud is found (according to Prof. Wilhelm Wintermitz of Vienna, Austria, a noted authority on Hy- 
drotherapy) in but few places in the United States, he mentions but five in his -work of recent date, in 
which he places Arrowhead first on the list. This is a -worthy and most important tribute to Arrow- 
head. We therefore, and with reason, claim that Arrowhead stands pre-eminently a long way ahead 
as to the curative properties of its mud baths. 

Where does this mud get its heat ? It is natural, being Nature s production. Coming from the 
hot waters of the Palm Spring, its heat is generated thousands of feet below the earth s surface. Tht 
chemical nature of this health-restoring mud comes from the chemically charged hot waters, that con- 



stantly permeate it, these not waters take on their chemical nature from minerals with which they come 
in contact on their way to the earths surface from the great depth from which they come, in other 
word-. Ir.im Nature s chemical laboratory. JJlt intense heat to which mil water is suhject. together 
with its chemical properties, renders it thoroughly antiseptic. This antiseptic water constantly permeat- 
ing the mud renders that also antiseptic, making it purifying and healing to a wonderful degree: alio 
making it at all times a uniform and homogeneous material which is an absolutely clean, antiscptic.illy 
pure mud. 

Mud haths nave now heen reduced to a practical and scientific basis, and are thus administered at 
Arrowhead. 

How do they act curatively. As they have a high specific gravity, some portions of the waters 
of the mud pass through the skin, and the mineral content! are taken up by the blood and fluids of the 
body, as may he shown by testing the blood and urine after and before taking the bath. A mud bath 
can be borne at a higher temperature than one of water on account of its low conducting power of 
heat; this aids in the absorption of the saline mineral constituents, and volatile gases. It is not only 
the high temperature I 110° to 120" 1 '. ' of the mud, but its weight as well, that gives the mud pack its 
beneficial effect in such affections as enlargement of liver, or in joint affections or Rheumatic, Gouty. 
Syphilitic or Strumous Origin. 




Our patient taking the mud bath gets the mud precisely in every 
particular as it comes from Nature's reservoir; we positively add no 
medicinal substance or other material of any description whatever, and 
this mud is used hut once. Now, with your permission, -we will de- 
scribe to you how it is given. Remember, you get no artificial heat 
whatever. From the "Cienega" or mud bed and vats steam is con- 
stantly rising, generated by the hot springs surrounding and permeat- 
ing the "Cienega." From here the mud is taken to the bath house 200 
feet distant and placed in receptacles ready for use, and is always hot. 
The mud is spread on a canvass lounge or cot : the patients then place 
themselves on the mud bed; afiendant then covers them wholly or par- 
tially, as the case may demand. The ends of the canvass from each 
side are then brought over the covering of hot mud, thus enclosing the 
patient in a solid mud pack; the degree of heat being about 110° F. 
While the patient is taking the pack, cold cloths are placed on head 
and cold drinks given, if desirable; the patient usually remains in 
the bath about 15 minutes. When time is up, the canvass 
is removed and the mud peeled off : in this short time the 
pores of the skin have opened, the impurities come 
pouring out -with the perspiration; the elimination 
being marvelous — induced by the heat and chemical 
action of the mud and water. The patient then goes 
under a warm shower ; from there to the 
warm tub, then back to the hot shower, 
which is gradually cooled to the proper 
degree. The patient is then rubbed dry 
and placed on a cot in the cooling room, 
where he can take a quiet snooze for half 
an hour before dressing. 




assistance if patient* will bring with them 
a letter from their attending physician, 
which will he promptly answered, and 
the latter, if he so desires, kept informed 
.it the progreM 01 the ease. 

M\cly nci MM nt tuherculosis or 
inv other intcetious disease can he re- 
ceived. This rule is strictly maintained 
hoth tor the safety of the guests and be- 
cause persons suffering from such diseases 
would not he benefitted by drinking the 
\>. iter- and would be actually injured by 
taLing the baths. 

I'.t the protection of guests as well as 

DOtel no severe bath procedure* will be 

permitted without the consent of the 

medical director. The examination to 

determine the safety of hij;h temperatures 

tor any applicant will be 

made free of charge by the 

medical director. Additional 

care or advice will be subject 

to charge. \\ 



We do not 
\\ ISO to re- 
ceive anyone 
for treat ment 
or put them to 
expense unless 
v. e think there is a fair 
prospect of giving them 
some improvement in return : 
therefore, intending patients are 

particularly requested to write 

in advance to the Medical Di- 
rector, stating the nature .il 
their case, when they will 
promptly and trankly he inform 
to tlu- pro n their relict. 1 1 i 

also regarded as a great advantage and 




The diseases and morbid conditions for the relief of which the Arrowhead waters and surround- 
ings are best adapted are: Rheumatism, especially the chronic form ; Gout and the uric acid and lithi- 
mic group ; Dyspepsia and most chronic disturbances of digestion, whether gastric or intestinal ; Con- 
gestions and cirrhosis of the liver; incipient gallstone formation ; the early stages of heart disease; incipient 
Bright s disease and acute forms of nephritis generally, as well as disturbances of the bladder, and urine 
and prostatic conditions ; Neurasthenia, neuralgias and many forms of neuritis are usually much benefitted. 
Paralysis and paresis, together with locomotor ataxia and sclerosis, are often given relief from pain, 
stiffness and inco-ordination, amounting at times to marked permanent improvement. 

The pure mountain air and altitude are very helpful to asthma and asthmatic conditions, many 
cases being permanently improved and even entirely relieved. The irritating pollen and dust which induce 
hay fever are entirely absent from the air, so that the paroxysms are much diminished in severity and 
often completely relieved. 

The air and waters combined are natural tonics for all conditions attended by failure of nutrition 
and appetite, especially in children and the aged, for the over-worked and over-worried, and fo 
valescents recovering from surgical operations or exhausting illness. 



tor con- 



For the healing powers of the waters and the beneficial effects of the baths Arrowhead 
is not surpassed anywhere on earth, and in addition it is a most delightful spot for rest and recreation — 
the ideal place for the afflicted to regain their health and for the well to store up energy and strength for 
the days to come. A visit, however long or short, will be a constant delight while it lasts and will ever 
be preserved in memory as one of the most pleasant experiences of a lifetime. No printed word or pic- 
tured story can do justice to the beauty and charm of Arrowhead. If the feeble attempt at description 

and illustration in this booklet has aroused in you a desire to visit Arrowhead we can only say, come, 

and the reality -will surpass this presentation as the brightness of the noonday sun outshines the pale glory 
of the moon. 



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